Matteo Rizzo
Security Engineer at Google
Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Summary
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Top SchoolMatteo Rizzo is a Security Engineer at Google with eight years of experience blending offensive and defensive security expertise, honed through hands-on CTF competition and wargame organizing. A founding member of EPFL’s polygl0ts CTF team, he brings a practical, research-minded approach to vulnerability discovery and secure system design. He holds a top-scoring Master’s in Computer Science from EPFL and a first-class Bachelor in Software Engineering from the University of Padova, reflecting strong academic foundations. Matteo’s background spans software development, electronics, and competitive problem-solving (including participation in Italy’s Mathematics Olympiad), which helps him tackle complex security problems creatively. Based in Zurich, he pairs Google-scale security experience with an active interest in community CTFs and tooling, making him effective at both mitigation and adversarial thinking.
8 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.), Computer Software Engineering, 110/110, Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.), Computer Software Engineering, 110/110 at Università degli Studi di PadovaHigh School Diploma, PNI (Piano Nazionale di Informatica - Information Technology), 100/100, High School Diploma, PNI (Piano Nazionale di Informatica - Information Technology), 100/100 at Liceo Scientifico Majorana-Corner - Mirano (VE), ItalyMaster's degree, Computer Science, 5.84 / 6, Master's degree, Computer Science, 5.84 / 6 at EPFL (École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne)
Italian, English
Github Skills (83)
low-level10
security10
lldb10
gdb10
debugging10
exploit10
assembly10
hosts10
external10
linux9
x86-649
compiler9
python9
interpreter9
elf9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
polygl0ts/writeups
Sep 2018 - Feb 2020
CTF writeups
Contributions:17 commits, 15 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 5 months
ctfwriteupsctf-writeups
justcho5/ADA
Sep 2017 - Dec 2017
Contributions:93 pushes, 3 branches in 2 months
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